The Big 10 is no stranger to Iowa State coach Johnny Orr, but this was his first meeting with Ohio State guards Ronnie Stokes and Troy Taylor. Orr, who came to Iowa State after 12 years at Michigan, had been 8-4 against Ohio State coach Eldon Miller and 11-10 against the Buckeyes. Now he's 0-1 against Stokes and Taylor, who paced Ohio State to a 75-64 victory in Thursday's first roun NO CONNECTION ! CONNECT 2400/REL NO CONNECTION ! CONNECT 2400/REL

AMES, Iowa -- Former men's basketball coach Johnny Orr has died at 86. Iowa State confirmed his passing on Tuesday. Orr spent the final 14 years of his near three-decade career as a Division I head coach with the Cyclones. He led Iowa State to a school-record six NCAA Tournament appearances and retired in 1994 as the program's all-time winningest coach with a 218-200 record. Before his stint at Iowa State, Orr coached at Michigan for 12 years (1968-80) and guided the...

AMES, Iowa -- Former men's basketball coach Johnny Orr has died at 86. Iowa State confirmed his passing on Tuesday. Orr spent the final 14 years of his near three-decade career as a Division I head coach with the Cyclones. He led Iowa State to a school-record six NCAA Tournament appearances and retired in 1994 as the program's all-time winningest coach with a 218-200 record. Before his stint at Iowa State, Orr coached at Michigan for 12 years (1968-80) and guided the...

No madness here. While underdogs tore up the NCAA's East, South and West Regionals, the Midwest is a bastion of seed sanity. Fourteen games have produced an utterly predictable final: No. 1 Michigan State vs. No. 2 Iowa State for a trip to the Final Four. The Cyclones advanced to the regional final with an 80-56 victory Thursday night over sixth-seeded UCLA at the Palace of Auburn Hills. It's the furthest the Cyclones have gone in an NCAA tournament. Now all they have to...

University of Wisconsin basketball coach Stu Jackson said Friday he was considering an offer to coach at Iowa State. Jackson declined to elaborate except to say: "I think it warrants consideration." The Capital Times of Madison quoted unidentified sources as saying Iowa State increased its offer to Jackson to a five-year deal worth $600,000 per year. Jackson earlier this week rejected an Iowa State offer worth $500,000 a year, it said. Jackson is in the second year of a five-year...

Fred Hoiberg's eyebrow arched ever so slightly when a man with a notebook approached him after Indiana's practice Thursday at Market Square Arena. "You want to talk to me?" he asked. His bafflement was understandable. A backup guard for the Indiana Pacers, Hoiberg has been a "DNP--Coach's decision" in 10 straight playoff games after a three-minute stint in a blowout of Cleveland in the first-round opener. Hoiberg doesn't find himself besieged by reporters when he walks off the practice floor.

Johnny Orr announced Thursday that he would not return for a 15th season as Iowa State basketball coach. Fighting back tears, the 66-year-old Orr announced his retirement at a news conference. He will remain at Iowa State as associate athletic director to fulfill the last year of his contract but will not return to coach a Cyclone team that went 14-13 last season. Orr's announcement ends a 34-year college coaching career that produced 466 victories. Orr had a 218-200 record at Iowa State.

University of Wisconsin basketball coach Stu Jackson said Friday he was considering an offer to coach at Iowa State. Jackson declined to elaborate except to say: "I think it warrants consideration." The Capital Times of Madison quoted unidentified sources as saying Iowa State increased its offer to Jackson to a five-year deal worth $600,000 per year. Jackson earlier this week rejected an Iowa State offer worth $500,000 a year, it said. Jackson is in the second year of a five-year...

If Indiana coach Bob Knight had his druthers, the Big 10 Conference would add Iowa State instead of Penn State as its 11th member. Iowa State coach Johnny Orr says he`d welcome that arrangement. Penn State last season agreed to become the Big 10's 11th team. Knight opposed the move because of the difficulty of getting to Penn State, located at State College in the mountains of central Pennsylvania. "I`d love to have had Iowa State join the Big 10," said Knight, whose Hoosiers beat...

Johnny Orr announced Thursday that he would not return for a 15th season as Iowa State basketball coach. Fighting back tears, the 66-year-old Orr announced his retirement at a news conference. He will remain at Iowa State as associate athletic director to fulfill the last year of his contract but will not return to coach a Cyclone team that went 14-13 last season. Orr's announcement ends a 34-year college coaching career that produced 466 victories. Orr had a 218-200 record at Iowa State.

No madness here. While underdogs tore up the NCAA's East, South and West Regionals, the Midwest is a bastion of seed sanity. Fourteen games have produced an utterly predictable final: No. 1 Michigan State vs. No. 2 Iowa State for a trip to the Final Four. The Cyclones advanced to the regional final with an 80-56 victory Thursday night over sixth-seeded UCLA at the Palace of Auburn Hills. It's the furthest the Cyclones have gone in an NCAA tournament. Now all they have to...

Nope, Johnny Orr sure doesn`t remember the first one. Some of the games that succeeded it, yeah, those he does remember. But, shoot, he coached that first one back in 1950, and with no idea that he`d still be scuffling on the sidelines more than four decades later as some grand old man of college basketball. "It was at Milton," he says, able to at least remember the name of the Wisconsin high school where he began his career. Gym didn`t have any seats, so they practiced and played at the...

Nope, Johnny Orr sure doesn`t remember the first one. Some of the games that succeeded it, yeah, those he does remember. But, shoot, he coached that first one back in 1950, and with no idea that he`d still be scuffling on the sidelines more than four decades later as some grand old man of college basketball. "It was at Milton," he says, able to at least remember the name of the Wisconsin high school where he began his career. Gym didn`t have any seats, so they practiced and played at the...

At last, the Season of the Scalpel. And, not to forget, of the Family Values Resolution and of emphasis on the Even-Though-He-Is-Out-Of-Sch ool-Shaquille-O`Neal Rule. Garnish prohibited, or at least severely limited; that is another message ringing out in the land. Still, no matter. At last, come Sunday, college basketball teams can begin practice. They long had done that on Oct. 15, but in this premier year of proposals pushed by the NCAA's Presidents` Commission,...

Even before the first shot has been taken, the first turnover made and the first referee bellowed at, there's already a success story in the NCAA tournament. It's the Big Eight Conference, where basketball is on a roll. For the first time, five conference teams got NCAA bids, with Iowa State, Oklahoma, Missouri and Nebraska joining league champion Kansas. Even at Oklahoma, famed for its football success, Sooner fans are shelving the veer for the dunk, if only temporarily. What's...

If Indiana coach Bob Knight had his druthers, the Big 10 Conference would add Iowa State instead of Penn State as its 11th member. Iowa State coach Johnny Orr says he`d welcome that arrangement. Penn State last season agreed to become the Big 10's 11th team. Knight opposed the move because of the difficulty of getting to Penn State, located at State College in the mountains of central Pennsylvania. "I`d love to have had Iowa State join the Big 10," said Knight, whose Hoosiers beat...

Dolph Stanley, 85, who coached high school and college basketball teams to 943 victories over a 53-year career. A resident of Rockford, Mr. Stanley died Monday at St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford. Of the six Illinois high school teams that Mr. Stanley coached, five qualified for the Illinois High School Association state quarterfinals. His 1944 Taylorville team won the state championship with a 45-0 record and featured Olympian Ron Bontemps and current Iowa State...

Dolph Stanley, 85, who coached high school and college basketball teams to 943 victories over a 53-year career. A resident of Rockford, Mr. Stanley died Monday at St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford. Of the six Illinois high school teams that Mr. Stanley coached, five qualified for the Illinois High School Association state quarterfinals. His 1944 Taylorville team won the state championship with a 45-0 record and featured Olympian Ron Bontemps and current Iowa State...

Sam Hill went to Iowa State from Amundsen High School in 1982 because he realized something good was happening there. Two years earlier, coach Johnny Orr had burst onto the Iowa State scene like an old-fashioned orator, preaching the gospel of revival for a moribund basketball program. The longtime Big Eight doormat had posted only a 19-35 mark in those first Orr years, but Hill could tell better days were on the way. Maybe a .500 season for the Cyclones before he graduated, a...